Her research interests are centred around the political and social underpinning of political economy, with a focus on international financial governance. Her work is characterised by cultural, constructivist and practice-based approaches to the study of the political economy. Throughout her career, Jacqueline’s work has focused on the ways in which economic ideas and practices do not always work the way that we expect—because of ambiguities, limits, failures and exceptions.

In recent years, her research has examined both the dramatic and mundane forms that ‘economic exceptionalism’ takes in liberal democratic societies. She is also currently engaged in a historical investigation of the political and practical challenges involved in the first attempts to put neoliberal theories into practice, examining the early years of the Reagan and Thatcher governments.

Her books include The Limits of Transparency: Ambiguity and the History of International Governance (Cornell University Press, 2005), Cultural Political Economy (Routledge, 2010), The Return of the Public in Global Governance (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and Governing Failure: Provisional Expertise and the Transformation of Global Development Finance (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

While at SPERI Jacqueline will collaborate with SPERI researchers on a project that will explore ‘post-neoliberalism’ and the theoretical, empirical and methodological challenges associated with it. Her work will re-examine contemporary neoliberalism in light of Events|News such as Brexit, the rise of Trump and international trade wars. It will address questions of what this means for both our historical understanding of the character of neoliberalism, and for the future of liberalism, neoliberalism and global governance.

Jacqueline will give a Leverhulme Lecture on February 6th at SPERI on Neoliberalism, Illiberalism and the Dangers of Wishful Economic Thinking. Please look out for more information about the lecture and how you can attend, and about other Events|News that Jacqueline will contribute to during the course of her visit. Jacqueline will also as contribute to taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Department of Politics.